Sanitary Market - Master Campus For Pike Place Market
Multifamily Housing in Seattle, WA · 1513 1ST AVE · 98101
At a glance
Sanitary Market - Master Campus For Pike Place Market is a 45,500-square-foot multifamily housing building at 1513 1ST AVE in Seattle, Washington, built in 1942. In its 2025 Seattle benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 64.9 kBtu/ft² and 17 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Seattle Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SMC 22.920) · reporting year 2025
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 64.9 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 181.7 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 17 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 0.4 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 843,649 kWh |
| Gross floor area | 45,500 sq ft |
| Source record | seattle:21481:2025 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025latest | — | 64.9 kBtu/ft² | 17 tCO₂e | |
| 2024 | — | 67.2 kBtu/ft² | 17 tCO₂e | |
| 2023 | — | 68.7 kBtu/ft² | 18 tCO₂e | |
| 2022 | — | 69.2 kBtu/ft² | 18 tCO₂e | |
| 2021 | — | 69.1 kBtu/ft² | 18 tCO₂e | |
| 2020 | — | 63.8 kBtu/ft² | 16 tCO₂e | |
| 2019 | — | 80.6 kBtu/ft² | 21 tCO₂e | |
| 2018 | — | 83.0 kBtu/ft² | 21 tCO₂e | |
| 2017 | — | 85.2 kBtu/ft² | 22 tCO₂e | |
| 2016 | — | 85.2 kBtu/ft² | 22 tCO₂e | |
| 2015 | — | 87.1 kBtu/ft² | 22 tCO₂e |
Compliance context
Seattle Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SMC 22.920)
Seattle's Building Emissions Performance Standard (adopted 2023) applies to buildings over 20,000 sq ft: benchmarking verification is due 2027–2030 and initial emissions targets 2031–2035, reaching net zero by 2041–2050, with fines for non-compliance.
Ownership
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Location
- Address
- 1513 1ST AVE
- City
- Seattle
- State
- Washington
- ZIP
- 98101
- Coordinates
- 47.60918, -122.34079
Within ~1 km
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How does Sanitary Market - Master Campus For Pike Place Market compare with other multifamily housing buildings in Seattle?
The latest disclosures cover 1,971 multifamily housing buildings in Seattle, out of 3,871 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 64.9 kBtu/ft² is about 86% above the average of 34.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 0.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about half of the group average of 0.7 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 45,500 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 86,468 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1942, 41 years earlier than the group's average year built (1983). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².
How has Sanitary Market - Master Campus For Pike Place Market's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 11 Seattle disclosures for Sanitary Market - Master Campus For Pike Place Market, covering report years 2015–2025. Site EUI moved from 87.1 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 64.9 kBtu/ft² (2025), a 25% decrease. Reported emissions went from 22 tCO₂e to 17 tCO₂e over the same span (down 26%).
What does a site EUI of 64.9 kBtu/ft² mean?
Site energy-use intensity (EUI) is the energy a building uses on site in a year divided by its floor area, in thousand Btu per square foot — lower is more efficient. Sanitary Market - Master Campus For Pike Place Market's 64.9 kBtu/ft² across 45,500 sq ft works out to about 3 billion Btu (865 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 181.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 843,649 kWh of electricity for the year.
Which law requires Sanitary Market - Master Campus For Pike Place Market to report its energy use?
Sanitary Market - Master Campus For Pike Place Market reports under the Seattle Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SMC 22.920), the legal basis of Seattle's Building Energy Benchmarking program, which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2025 disclosure (source record seattle:21481:2025). Seattle's Building Emissions Performance Standard (adopted 2023) applies to buildings over 20,000 sq ft: benchmarking verification is due 2027–2030 and initial emissions targets 2031–2035, reaching net zero by 2041–2050, with fines for non-compliance.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Sanitary Market - Master Campus For Pike Place Market's energy grade?
Sanitary Market - Master Campus For Pike Place Market did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2025 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 64.9 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Sanitary Market - Master Campus For Pike Place Market use?
Its 2025 site energy-use intensity was 64.9 kBtu/ft² (181.7 kBtu/ft² source) across 45,500 sq ft, including 843,649 kWh of electricity.
What are Sanitary Market - Master Campus For Pike Place Market's carbon emissions?
Sanitary Market - Master Campus For Pike Place Market reported 17 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (0.4 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2025.
Where is Sanitary Market - Master Campus For Pike Place Market?
Sanitary Market - Master Campus For Pike Place Market is at 1513 1ST AVE, in Seattle, Washington 98101. Its coordinates are 47.60918, -122.34079 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking file.
How big is Sanitary Market - Master Campus For Pike Place Market and when was it built?
Sanitary Market - Master Campus For Pike Place Market has 45,500 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2025 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1942 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Sanitary Market - Master Campus For Pike Place Market covered by the Seattle Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SMC 22.920)?
Yes — it appears in the 2025 Building Energy Benchmarking disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under the Seattle Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SMC 22.920).
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About this data
Source: Building Energy Benchmarking (Seattle Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SMC 22.920)), as published October 2, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “Sanitary Market - Master Campus For Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington — 2025 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/seattle/sanitary-market-master-campus-for-pike-place-market-8951d9e0 (data as of October 2, 2026).